THE YELLOW RATSNAKE

by Chris Montross of Darkhorse Herpetoculture  - Photos by author and Lance Jarzynka In the extreme southeastern United States there lives a snake of beauty beyond compare, the Yellow  Ratsnake.  Originally described by Holbrook in 1836 as...

Hidden Beauty – The Mangrove Saltmarsh Snake 

By Chris Montross - Darkhorse Herpetoculture A true gem of the Southeast is found hiding deep in the biting fly and mosquito ridden mangrove forests  of the coastal waters of south Florida.   The Mangrove Saltmarsh Snake...

Slate Reed Raffle

Over the past few months our friend Ryan Reed's son, Slate, has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration that can lead to major heart...

 The Ups & Downs of Breeding Herpetofauna: Carpet Python Edition

By Ryan Dumas Every year I have a select few pairs of herpetofauna I attempt to reproduce. Planning and executing a synthetic cycle of events that trigger them to do so is not always easy....

The South Mountains Red Ratsnakes: A Journey Into Herpetoculture

By Chris Montross of Darkhorse Herpetoculture It all started in 1999 when Michael Coone finished college and decided that he was determined to find some of the local population of Red Rats in the foothills...

May 2022 Snakes & Stogies Raffle!

-Benefitting the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation- https://www.snakebitefoundation.org/ We have 3 raffles this month sponsored by Reptiles Express! Winners will be drawn live on Snakes & Stogies on 5/30/22 First some rules: U.S. residents onlySlots are first come, first serve.Winners are...

Product Review: Katchy Indoor Insect Trap

By Justin Smith Ah, spring. The wonderful time of year when breeding season, at least for most of us, is kicking off! For whatever reason, this is also the season where I notice fruit flies...

Reptile Vision Explained!

By Paul Donovan There has been much written regarding the extent to which reptiles rely on vision as a primary sense of their surroundings, with many people believing them to be blind or having poor...
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